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Karl Paul
Edler von der Planitz
(20.09.1837 - 19.08.1902)
place of birth: Hohengrün bei Auerbach, Vogtland
(Saxony)
Königreich
Sachsen: Generalstabschef,
Kriegsminister, General der Infanterie
Royal Saxon general officer Paul von der Planitz spent his
military career in the service of the Royal Saxon Army, functioning as
that kingdom's Chief of General Staff and War Minister. Von der Planitz
was born into the nobility of Vogtland, Saxony, the son of Maximilian
Edler von der Planitz and his spouse Maria Jani. He entered the
military service in 1856 and took part in the Danish War
of 1864. He then fought against Prussian forces in the Austro-Prussian War of
1866. During the Franco-Prussian War
of 1870-71, von der Planitz worked on the general staff of Prussia's Maas-Army.
In the post-War years, he replaced Bernhard
Freiherr von Holleben as Saxony's Chief of General Staff, serving in
that role from 1883 to 1889. In 1891, he succeeded Alfred von Fabrice
as Saxon Minister of War and remained in that office until 1902. He was
thereafter transferred to Mainz Fortress to serve as military governor.
The general later married Isidore von Tschirschky und Bögendorff. He
died in August 1902 in Hosterwitz.
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